Valentín and Mauro are a maquis couple who have abandoned the fight against the Franco regime to become robbers in order to survive. Their area of operation is the mountains of Asturias, where they terrorize the local population with their robberies and acts of violence.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
Unfortunately, People We Meet on Vacation didn’t hold up quite as well as I’d hoped.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
A code adopted by gay men and LGBTQ+ individuals in general to subtly disclose your identity to another, “friend of Dorothy” is widely considered to originate with Judy Garland.
The sequel to the 2021 remake of the same name continues from where we last left off in this spooky adventure.
"Ladies First" has a fundamental misunderstanding of what's feminine because of the patriarchy and what women do because they genuinely enjoy it.
